During July, Antiwar.com found that 1,286 civilians
and security personnel were killed across Iraq. Another 1,508 were wounded. Of
those killed, 860 were civilians. Antiwar.com also counted 3,361 militant
deaths. Another 102 militants were reported wounded. The figures were compiled from media sources.

The United Nations also released its monthly casualtyreport on Saturday.
Their sources, on the ground in Iraq, reported 1,332 Iraqi dead and 2,108
wounded. These figures include casualties issued by the Health Department in
Anbar province. They are considered the absolute minimum numbers. Of those
killed, 844 were civilians. They do not tally militant deaths.

The nature of the conflict is making it impossible to
accurately gauge the human losses. The U.N. warns that many of the uncounted
may have died from exposure after fleeing the war zones. Also, the Iraqi
government appears to be undercounting security member losses in the conflict
zone and likely overstating militant casualties. Also, these figures do not reflect any Kurdistan Workers Party (P.K.K.) casualties that may be occurring near the border with Turkey

Combining the two efforts, at least 4,693 were killed and
2,210 were wounded. These should be considered lowball estimates. The number of dead is slightly lower than in July’s figures, while the number of wounded went up.

Other news:

The Kurdistan Regional Government has called
on the Kurdistan Workers Party (P.K.K.) to withdraw from northern Iraq
in order to limit civilian deaths and losses due to Turkishairstrikes.
At least nine
civilians were killed in overnight strikes on Zargalie and Wartie; another
11 were wounded.

The U.S. State Departmentis reporting that Islamic
State militants are still kidnapping and trafficking women and girls.
Many of those who have escaped have been subjected to further exploitation by
other entities. They all require additional help, some of it psychological.

Electricity protestsshut
down traffic Friday night in Baghdad. P.M. Haider al-Abadi ordered that
power rationing extended to include government offices and officials’ homes.
Protests continued into Saturday.

At least 96 were killed and 45 were wounded in fresh
violence, including the casualties from Turkish airstrikes:

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